Eliam

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The origin of the name Eliam is Hebrew

 

This is how Eliam is written in Hebrew:

אֱלִיעָם= Eliy`am

 

The biblical meaning of the name Eliam is:

“the people of God “

 

In The Bible:

Eliam was:

1. The Father of Bath‐sheba, the wife of David

2. One of David’s “thirty” warriors

 

The name Eliam appears in the (KJV) bible in the following verses:

2 Samuel 11:3
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of אֱלִיעָם (Eliam),the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

2 Samuel 23:34
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, אֱלִיעָם (Eliam) the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,